[Tugindia] why is tex so complicated?

[David Kastrup]

"Sudarshan Iyengar" <sudarshan at sudarshan.ai-edu.com> writes:

> Hello radhakrishnan,
>
> Well sounds really interesting...:-)
>
>
>  I am new to latex and am yet to explore the comforts hidden.
>
> My problem is just this...
>
> I would like to have something like
>
> a)    Karnataka
>
> b)    Tamil nadu
>
> c)    Andhra pradesh
>
> d)    Kerala
>
> I dont' want to type a,b,c,d i need autonumbering... how do i go about????

\begin{enumerate}
\item Karnataka
\item Tamil nadu
\item Andhra pradesh
\item Kerala
\end{enumerate}

Even the most basic introduction into LaTeX should offer that.  If you
need something other than the standard enumeration scheme, you can use
the enumerate.sty package for it.

-- 
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
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